jīnnounmetal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Chemistry 化学
Notes: 金 is used in this sense in both literary and modern Chinese. It is one of the 五行 'five elements' in traditional Chinese thought. For example, 五金 'the five metals' (CCD '金' 1; GHDC '金' 2; Sun 2006, loc. 1377).